#C94836#C94836

#C94836 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.168 H 30.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C94836
RGB	rgb(201, 72, 54)
HSL	hsl(7, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(7, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 73.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.66, 50.26, 37.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.66, 62.99, 37.07°)
OKLab	oklab(57.66% 0.1441 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(57.66% 0.168 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0735, 17.3224, 5.4073)
Luminance	0.1732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C94836 #36B7C9

analogous

#C9366D #C94836 #C99236

triadic

#C94836 #36C948 #4836C9

tetradic

#C94836 #6DC936 #36B7C9 #9236C9

square

#C94836 #6DC936 #36B7C9 #9236C9

split-complementary

#C94836 #36C992 #366DC9

monochromatic

#69251C #993729 #C94836 #D67466 #E3A096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#C94836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#C94836 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C94836

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C94836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C94836	1.00	4.70	4.46	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD2745

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c94836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 72, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.168 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1816e',
    500: '#c94836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c94836;
$custom-light: #e1816e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c94836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.347,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57663,
    "c": 0.16757,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C94836

secondary

#8CC6CE

accent

#CEE147

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEC

border

#D6CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C94836

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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